Java

Buff up your Buffers...

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Happy 3rd National Slacker Day! We installed a Netscreen 5XP yesterday. It's not fully configured yet. Allon spent a lot of time on the phone with them and i…

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Java

LDAP & Tag Libraries

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My connection is on fritz today, keeps on dropping in and out. Bummer. I spent the better part of yesterday afternoon creating a new web interface for our LD…

I spent the better part of yesterday afternoon creating a new web interface for our LDAP-based address-book. Unfortunately ldap-abook turned out to be highly inadequate. I could have stomached the convoluted code, but the lack of consistent UTF-8 support was too much to bear. I used a combination of jTalk, and the Simya LDAP Tag Library to build a new web application. I did have to make a few modifications to the Simya library as it did not integrate well with other tag libraries. A warning to JSP Tag Library developers: Avoid using getParent() in sub-container tags, unless you want to prevent other tags from accessing your output data.…
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SquirrelMail, LDAP & CVS

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I've been keeping myself busy for the last two weeks. It all started when I read a mention of SquirrelMail on CamWorld. I tried it, loved it and just had to…

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Chance's Genealogy

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Yesterday we launched Vicki's new Genealogy site, entirely built on jTalk, of course. Definitely a labor of love. It took roughly a week to convert her old s…

Definitely a labor of love. It took roughly a week to convert her old site from start to finish. Importing the loose data into…
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Available & Announced

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Available: Linux/Java PDA 206MHz Intel StrongARM 240x320 TFT 65,536 color LCD CompactFlash Type II card slot Secure Digital (SD) card slot IrDA 1.2 Serial Po…

640x480 resolution 4 MB dynamic memory Infrared Bluetooth Symbian OS Open standard - possibility to download third-party applications MIDP Java support Integrated digital camera Combine picture, text and voice clip & send by MMS or e-mail to phone or PC E-mail over GSM data,…
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Installing Tomcat under Red Hat

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I've written a short guide to help with Installing Tomcat under Red Hat Linux. Blue World Communications (I used to be their Director of Technology) has rele…

Blue World Communications (I used to be their Director of Technology) has released version 3.6.6.2 of the Lasso Web Data Engine.…
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